Comments on: 6 Strategies To Connect With Locals Through Sports http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Maxwell http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-86742 Maxwell Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:52:45 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-86742 Agreed! Rugby is a worldwide community and that's why I love it! Agreed! Rugby is a worldwide community and that's why I love it!

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]]> By: Peter http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-72972 Peter Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:41:37 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-72972 How about Euro 2008? ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Classic have been covering it. I've watched probably half of the games so far. Who knows maybe ESPN will eventually start showing more games. How about Euro 2008? ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Classic have been covering it. I’ve watched probably half of the games so far.

Who knows maybe ESPN will eventually start showing more games.

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]]> By: Eva http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-68564 Eva Fri, 23 May 2008 12:11:40 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-68564 "Wonder if Beckham regrets his move to the States..." Doubt it. I think he moved because he knew he'd no longer be front and center anywhere in Europe, and I'm guessing he'd rather be the big guy of Galaxy than a smaller part (savvy veteran who plays a focused role, to be polite - past his prime and still hanging around for his marketing clout, to be less so) of a winning European team. Cricket's not as tricky as people make it out to be. I think its adherents kind of enjoy its reputation as this incomprehensible game, but truth is (and I know I'm going to offend a heap of cricket fans here) there are enough parallels to baseball that it's easy enough to grasp the basics... :D “Wonder if Beckham regrets his move to the States…”

Doubt it. I think he moved because he knew he’d no longer be front and center anywhere in Europe, and I’m guessing he’d rather be the big guy of Galaxy than a smaller part (savvy veteran who plays a focused role, to be polite – past his prime and still hanging around for his marketing clout, to be less so) of a winning European team.

Cricket’s not as tricky as people make it out to be. I think its adherents kind of enjoy its reputation as this incomprehensible game, but truth is (and I know I’m going to offend a heap of cricket fans here) there are enough parallels to baseball that it’s easy enough to grasp the basics… :D

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]]> By: N. Chrystine Olson http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-68470 N. Chrystine Olson Thu, 22 May 2008 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-68470 So proud of ESPN...they had thorough coverage of the FAA Final on Sports Center today. Manchester United are the European Football Champions. Did anyone watch the match live? Very exciting. Wonder if Beckham regrets his move to the States..... So proud of ESPN…they had thorough coverage of the FAA Final on Sports Center today. Manchester United are the European Football Champions. Did anyone watch the match live? Very exciting. Wonder if Beckham regrets his move to the States…..

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]]> By: Paul Freeman http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-67704 Paul Freeman Sat, 17 May 2008 10:08:27 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-67704 One of the best experiences I had out in Thailand was spending Easter Sunday sitting at a tiny roadside bar where the owner and his friends had set up a small table top BBQ (Which I don't know the correct name for!) - lugged a huge TV outside for us all to watch the Manchester United vs Liverpool match on, and we spent the evening hanging out, drinking beer, cooking and eating BBQ, and generally having great banter with these guys. I was very nervous about going at first, I'm not a football fan myself but the gang I was on holiday with had both Manchester and Liverpool fans, so chatting to the locals all the week prior lead to the invitation for us all but I do enjoy Singha and generally hanging out with friends and of course ended up having a fantastic time. One of the best experiences I had out in Thailand was spending Easter Sunday sitting at a tiny roadside bar where the owner and his friends had set up a small table top BBQ (Which I don’t know the correct name for!) – lugged a huge TV outside for us all to watch the Manchester United vs Liverpool match on, and we spent the evening hanging out, drinking beer, cooking and eating BBQ, and generally having great banter with these guys.

I was very nervous about going at first, I’m not a football fan myself but the gang I was on holiday with had both Manchester and Liverpool fans, so chatting to the locals all the week prior lead to the invitation for us all but I do enjoy Singha and generally hanging out with friends and of course ended up having a fantastic time.

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]]> By: Beaver http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-67692 Beaver Sat, 17 May 2008 03:33:31 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-67692 hey-great to see all of your comments.. Sounds like you already have a solid core for your M-Team- a ball game sounds like a super way to kick off the opening of a long delayed spring- pick a local team and we will come and help you cheer for your crew, In the course of a bit of rah rah. who know s when something or some one intwresting might show up!! Check out our new info site on ytb. I think you will like it Good luck for a great tan - beaver hey-great to see all of your comments.. Sounds like you already have a solid core for your M-Team- a ball game sounds like a super way to kick off the opening of a long delayed spring- pick a local team and we will come and help you cheer for your crew, In the course of a bit of rah rah. who know s when something or some one
intwresting might show up!!

Check out our new info site on ytb. I think you will like it
Good luck for a great tan – beaver

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]]> By: N. Chrystine Olson http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-67685 N. Chrystine Olson Sat, 17 May 2008 00:30:42 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-67685 Lola and I have had conversations on the rugby angle and how connecting to it can make travel so much fun. Personal memories of late involving the Springboks vs. All Blacks in Pretoria before the Boks became World Champs. Met some very fun folks at the game, after the game in the beer garden, after the game in a nightclub in Johannesburg...ya'll get the idea ;) And on the "real" football note...was abroad during the World Cup in 2006. If I'd been in the States I'd have had a hard time watching any of it. Instead I sat with Germans. Swedes, British. French, Japanese and South Africans in various parts of sub-Saharan Africa and had a blast tracking the games no matter what backpackers, pub or personal home a match was on television. Still don't know about the cricket thing though. Must follow my own advice and study. Lola and I have had conversations on the rugby angle and how connecting to it can make travel so much fun. Personal memories of late involving the Springboks vs. All Blacks in Pretoria before the Boks became World Champs. Met some very fun folks at the game, after the game in the beer garden, after the game in a nightclub in Johannesburg…ya’ll get the idea ;)

And on the “real” football note…was abroad during the World Cup in 2006. If I’d been in the States I’d have had a hard time watching any of it. Instead I sat with Germans. Swedes, British. French, Japanese and South Africans in various parts of sub-Saharan Africa and had a blast tracking the games no matter what backpackers, pub or personal home a match was on television. Still don’t know about the cricket thing though. Must follow my own advice and study.

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]]> By: Amanda http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-67681 Amanda Sat, 17 May 2008 00:01:10 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-67681 Definitely agree on #3. I was in Seoul during World Cup 2002 (real football!) and with S Korea getting to the semis it was excitement plus ... I bought the local T-shirt and bandana and made a whole lot of friends. BTW, cricket's not so perplexing once you get used to it .... just long. It's a good sport to watch with a few beers. Definitely agree on #3. I was in Seoul during World Cup 2002 (real football!) and with S Korea getting to the semis it was excitement plus … I bought the local T-shirt and bandana and made a whole lot of friends.

BTW, cricket’s not so perplexing once you get used to it …. just long. It’s a good sport to watch with a few beers.

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]]> By: Eva http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/05/16/6-strategies-to-connect-with-locals-through-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-67678 Eva Fri, 16 May 2008 23:05:28 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=561#comment-67678 So true, Lola! Biased? Sure. But there's something really special about the rugby community worldwide, partly because it's kind of a niche sport and partly because it's such a social sport, I think! So true, Lola!

Biased? Sure. But there’s something really special about the rugby community worldwide, partly because it’s kind of a niche sport and partly because it’s such a social sport, I think!

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